Re: [Ql-Users] Today, 25 years ago (III)

2011-03-31 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Rich Mellor wrote: Simple: It was Martin Berndt's "Turbo-Xchange", patched with a special screen accelerator for use on a QL and "freed" fom Thor's watermark check. One of the best things he ever does (beside "MG-ROM" and freeing PCB 1 and Tankbusters). He freed PCB 1? Does anyone have a co

Re: [Ql-Users] Today, 25 years ago (III)

2011-03-31 Thread Rich Mellor
On 31/03/2011 19:09, Ralf Reköndt wrote: Urs Koenig (QL) wrote: Ralf Rekoendt wrote: And I still have an old advert letter from "Commander".;-) Oh dear. Those were crazy days! What was it all about? Patching and repacking a pirated copy of a dead-end product? Like pirating an alread

Re: [Ql-Users] Today, 25 years ago (III)

2011-03-31 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Dilwyn Jones wrote: > Do you still have a copy of the program, or just that listing > in the photo? I have at least version 2.0 of that program (ANIMATIONSGRAFIK). There's a video of it on YouTube (short link): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAjVWQxSeJU This program was in German only. Later, i

Re: [Ql-Users] Today, 25 years ago (III)

2011-03-31 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Urs Koenig (QL) wrote: Some days ago I opened an old ring binder searching for a specific document. As it turned out it was the wrong binder. By accident my eyes discovered old program listings of my early Sinclair QL work. The earliest listing dates March 1986. So there we have it. Another 25th

Re: [Ql-Users] Today, 25 years ago (III)

2011-03-31 Thread Lee Privett
For those having trouble getting to the image try this shorter link then click in the Comments folder and its the last image, for some reason you get directed all over the place in Chrome http://cid-c250d8748980ce5a.photos.live.com/self.aspx/Sinclair%20QL/QLsoftware/ Lee -: Back

Re: [Ql-Users] Today, 25 years ago (III)

2011-03-31 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Urs Koenig (QL) wrote: Ralf Rekoendt wrote: And I still have an old advert letter from "Commander".;-) Oh dear. Those were crazy days! What was it all about? Patching and repacking a pirated copy of a dead-end product? Like pirating an already pirated copy or so? At least some QLers w

Re: [Ql-Users] Today, 25 years ago (III)

2011-03-31 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Tony Firshman wrote: > Totally impossible on a phone! You should use http://tinyurl.co.uk I know. That's why I said sorry for that. Using tinyurl for each picture one likes to post is a nightmare. I know having to assemble a working URL out of splattered text is a nightmare too. ;-) Urs _

Re: [Ql-Users] Today, 25 years ago (III)

2011-03-31 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Ralf Rekoendt wrote: > And I still have an old advert letter from "Commander".;-) Oh dear. Those were crazy days! What was it all about? Patching and repacking a pirated copy of a dead-end product? Like pirating an already pirated copy or so? At least some QLers were happy to get an enhanc

Re: [Ql-Users] Today, 25 years ago (III)

2011-03-31 Thread Tony Firshman
On 31 Mar 2011, at 18:32, "Urs Koenig (QL)" wrote: > Some days ago I opened an old ring binder searching for a specific document. > As it turned out it was the wrong binder. By accident my eyes discovered old > program listings of my early Sinclair QL work. The earliest listing dates > March 19

Re: [Ql-Users] Today, 25 years ago (III)

2011-03-31 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Urs Koenig (QL) wrote: Some days ago I opened an old ring binder searching for a specific document. As it turned out it was the wrong binder. By accident my eyes discovered old program listings of my early Sinclair QL work. The earliest listing dates March 1986. So there we have it. Another 25th

[Ql-Users] Today, 25 years ago (III)

2011-03-31 Thread Urs Koenig (QL)
Some days ago I opened an old ring binder searching for a specific document. As it turned out it was the wrong binder. By accident my eyes discovered old program listings of my early Sinclair QL work. The earliest listing dates March 1986. So there we have it. Another 25th anniversary! Picture (so